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[-] RedSnt@feddit.dk 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

True, but that's straight Johnnie Walker's red label whisky, 40% alcohol ought to kill any germs getting flushed down her gullet.

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

Don't you need ≥60% for ethanol to even be effective? Like to actually denature the pathogen.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago

For food safety standards probably. For an otherwise healthy person it's probably good enough.

[-] RedSnt@feddit.dk 3 points 3 days ago

It's a good point. And a quick search gave 60% or higher if one wanted to really sterilize. Apparently below that it depends on the strain of bacteria and how sensitive they are to alcohol.

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